How To Install html2ps on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install html2ps on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is html2ps
html2ps is:
This program converts HTML directly to PostScript. The HTML code can be retrieved from one or more URLs or local files, specified as parameters on the command line. A comprehensive level of HTML is supported, including inline images, CSS 1.0, and some features of HTML 4.0.
This is our justification for the suggests list:
We suggest ghostscript since it is required in order to output DSC compliant PS (–dsc option) and make cross references at links within the set of converted documents (–xref option).
We suggest weblint-perl because it’s the default method for checking HTML syntax (use the -c option).
We suggest texlive-base because we need TeX hyphenation pattern in order to hyphenate text (use -H option).
We suggest postscript-viewer because this package generates postscripts that can be viewed on a postscript-viewer.
We suggest xhtml2ps because it’s a interesting graphical interface for this package.
There are three methods to install html2ps on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install html2ps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install html2ps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install html2ps
Install html2ps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install html2ps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install html2ps
Install html2ps Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install html2ps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install html2ps
How To Uninstall html2ps on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the html2ps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove html2ps
Uninstall html2ps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall html2ps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove html2ps
Remove html2ps Configurations and Data
To remove html2ps configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge html2ps
Remove html2ps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove html2ps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge html2ps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install html2ps package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
